On Oct 7, 2013, at 11:31 AM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote:
> On Oct 7, 2013, at 07:16, Davide Liessi <davide.lie...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is there a preferred choice between xinstall and file Tcl extensions? >> Which one should I use? > > For creating directories, they're pretty equivalent. If you need to specify > ownership (which some ports like servers need) or permissions (which you > almost never need for directories) xinstall is more convenient because it > lets you do it all at once. Otherwise my rule of thumb is usually to use > "xinstall" at destroot time and "file mkdir" otherwise. > > For copying files, same rule of thumb. Also, "file copy" preserves > modification times; "xinstall" touches the file so you get the current time. > And "xinstall" has the convenient "-W" flag that lets you copy multiple files > from a single directory without having to name that directory over and over. All things equal, I generally prefer "xinstall" because it automatically produces a debug message while "file copy" does not. It makes reviewing main.log somewhat easier. (Obviously nothing prevents me from using explicitly using "ui_debug", but I'd rather not.) vq _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
